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Congress to Hold Multiple Hearings on Disaster Recovery

The House and Senate will hold a number of hearings in the coming days about the federal response to recent natural disasters.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the 2017 hurricane season and oversight of the federal response. The hearing will be held on October 31 at 10 am ET in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Witnesses include:

Brock Long, FEMA Administrator

General Lori J. Robinson, Commander of U.S. Northern Command

Major General Donald E. Jackson, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Robert P. Kadlec, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing to examine the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) program. Witnesses have not yet been announced. The hearing will be held on November 1 at 10 am ET in room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Learn more about this hearing at: http://bit.ly/2zbZbhF

The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing to assess FEMA’s preparedness and response capabilities. FEMA Administrator Brock Long will testify. The hearing will be held on November 1 at 10 am ET in the Capitol Visitor Center, Room HVC-210. Learn more about this hearing at: http://bit.ly/2yQ9Ldf